diff --git a/internal/admission/controller/main.go b/internal/admission/controller/main.go
index 445bb263c..3f134d902 100644
--- a/internal/admission/controller/main.go
+++ b/internal/admission/controller/main.go
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ func (ia *IngressAdmission) HandleAdmission(obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object,
 
 	review, isV1 := obj.(*admissionv1.AdmissionReview)
 
-	status := &admissionv1.AdmissionResponse{}
-	status.UID = review.Request.UID
-
 	if !isV1 {
 		outputVersion = admissionv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion
 		reviewv1beta1, isv1beta1 := obj.(*admissionv1beta1.AdmissionReview)
@@ -79,10 +76,13 @@ func (ia *IngressAdmission) HandleAdmission(obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object,
 	}
 
 	if review.Request.Resource != networkingV1Beta1Resource && review.Request.Resource != networkingV1Resource {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rejecting admission review because the request does not contains an Ingress resource but %s with name %s in namespace %s",
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rejecting admission review because the request does not contain an Ingress resource but %s with name %s in namespace %s",
 			review.Request.Resource.String(), review.Request.Name, review.Request.Namespace)
 	}
 
+	status := &admissionv1.AdmissionResponse{}
+	status.UID = review.Request.UID
+
 	ingress := networking.Ingress{}
 
 	codec := json.NewSerializerWithOptions(json.DefaultMetaFactory, scheme, scheme, json.SerializerOptions{
diff --git a/internal/admission/controller/main_test.go b/internal/admission/controller/main_test.go
index 93fc3b271..7eddeb3af 100644
--- a/internal/admission/controller/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/admission/controller/main_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 )
 
 const testIngressName = "testIngressName"
@@ -64,6 +65,20 @@ func TestHandleAdmission(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("with a non ingress resource, the check should not pass")
 	}
 
+	result, err = adm.HandleAdmission(nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("with a nil AdmissionReview request, the check should not pass")
+	}
+
+	result, err = adm.HandleAdmission(&admissionv1.AdmissionReview{
+		Request: &admissionv1.AdmissionRequest{
+			Resource: v1.GroupVersionResource{Group: extensions.GroupName, Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "ingresses"},
+		},
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("with extensions/v1beta1 Ingress resource, the check should not pass")
+	}
+
 	result, err = adm.HandleAdmission(&admissionv1.AdmissionReview{
 		Request: &admissionv1.AdmissionRequest{
 			Resource: v1.GroupVersionResource{Group: networking.GroupName, Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "ingresses"},